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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences said on Thursday that it has expelled actor Bill Cosby and film director Roman Polanski from its membership in light of the sexual assault cases against both men.

It’s funny how quickly things can change, in life, and certainly in fantasy baseball. Just last week, Nick Kingham wasn’t on the radar of anyone but the deepest-league fantasy owner, and now suddenly he’s owned in over half of CBS leagues, after flirting with a perfect game in his major league debut over the weekend. Will Kingham continue to be a solid fantasy contributor? Will he even stay in the Pirates’ rotation? Only time will tell, but his overnight success reminds us that a fantasy baseball hero can come out of nowhere... Читать дальше...

Former England batsman Jonathan Trott will retire from cricket at the end of the current county season, his Warwickshire club announced on Thursday.

The central error is to allow parking on both sides of Bank and Cherry streets.

The Ocean’s 8 cast is the definition of #squadgoals.

The film boasts an all-star female crime crew played by: Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Rihanna, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter and Awkwafina. The new crew takes over the series from George Clooney and Co. and hatch a plan to rob the Met Gala.

“It felt like it was a long time coming,” Bullock, 53, told PEOPLE of the all-female ensemble. “Too long if you ask me — which you did — but I’m just so grateful that it happened. Читать дальше...

How are small business websites and blogs going to compete with big businesses that have millions in revenue?

In between notices of “buffering” and the video just completely cutting out I got to see some of Brett Anderson’s return to the oakland A’s last night and was pleasantly reminded of how perfectly decent he can be.

Burlington’s brain trust has yet to admit it can’t persuade people to abandon their cars.

Toronto must be better down the stretch of games — if they aren’t, this season’s story will wind up having an all too familiar ending.

The next phase of Marvel movies should have more Black Panthers and fewer Infinity Wars.

POSEBNA AROMA - Prodavač čaja u Indiji snimljen je kako uzima vodu iz zahoda u vlaku Chennai-Hyderabad Express u državi Telangana, zajedno s još dvojicom prodavača koji čak nisu imali ni dozvolu za prodaju napitaka u vlaku, javlja Guardian.

DOHA, Qatar - Kenyan track star Asbel Kiprop on Thursday "vehemently denied" doping, suggesting an out-of-competition sample he gave could have been contaminated by two anti-doping agents he suspects might have targeted him for extortion.

A man flying from Russia to India on the Russian national airline Aeroflot was arrested Wednesday morning for allegedly sexually assaulting a member of the airline's staff during the flight.

The infamous Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar's head of security is helping an Almerian councillor to promote his town.

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Some universities don't just offer students an abundance of knowledge, they also give them a beautiful place to learn it in.

From having ancient libraries to boasting botanical gardens to being UNESCO World Heritage Sites, keep scrolling to see some of the most beautiful universities in the world.

University of Cambridge – Cambridge, England

Not only is Cambridge one of the best universities in the world, it is also one of the most beautiful. Читать дальше...

From SABR member Vince Guerrieri at Ohio Magazine on May 3, 2018:

The only hint of what lies inside Tracy Martin’s home at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in Grove City is the license plate on his truck: “HORNSBY,” as in Rogers Hornsby, whose career .358 batting average is second all time in Major League Baseball. The slugger, who played from 1915 to 1937, also holds the record for single-season batting average at .424.

It’ll come as no surprise that Martin is a baseball fan ... Читать дальше...

ADEN, Yemen (AP) — The young mother stepped onto the scale for the doctor. Even with all her black robes on, she weighed only 84 pounds — 38 kilograms. Umm Mizrah is pregnant, but starving herself to feed her children. And her sacrifice may not be enough to save them. The doctor's office is covered with dozens of pictures of emaciated babies who have come through Al-Sadaqa Hospital in Aden, casualties of a three-year war in Yemen that has left millions of people on the edge of famine. Mothers like... Читать дальше...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and money paid to porn actress Stormy Daniels (all times local): 2:55 p.m. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders says President Donald Trump "eventually learned" that attorney Michael Cohen was reimbursed for making a $130,000 hush payment to porn actress Stormy Daniels in the days before the 2016 election. Sanders is referring specific questions about the case to Trump's legal counsel and referring other questions to attorney Rudy Giuliani's recent interviews. Читать дальше...

At least six students were hurt Thursday when Nicaraguan police and civilian supporters raided a university searching for activists calling for the ouster of President Daniel Ortega, a protest movement spokeswoman said.

Dragon Fruit Media Studio/Youku

• Dragon Fruit Media Studio uploaded a video on Youku showing a cooked fish jumping off its plate in a restaurant.
• In the video, the customers are shocked to see that a fish that has been killed and cooked is still moving. 
• The video has gone viral on the internet, and many people are calling it a "zombie fish."
• According to Discovery News, this is a natural phenomenon that takes place when the muscle tissues of a recently deceased fish respond to stimuli. Читать дальше...

The country's Justice Minister Katarina Barley said that she expects legal proceedings against Volkswagen amid an emissions cheating scandal to take place this year.

Not only was Thomas Tramaglini allegedly do(o)ing it on a daily basis, he was the superintendent at a rival high school district.

Foreigner "Foreigner With The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus" (ear music) It really MUST feel like the first time when the members of the band keep changing. Foreigner, the juke box heroes who dominated FM radio in the '70s and '80s with some of the most memorable and enduring classic rock hits ever recorded, have made something of a cottage industry of performing and packaging their greatest hits in varying arrangements. The latest is a CD with a 60-piece orchestra and 70-member choir... Читать дальше...

FirstLadyB | The Merge of Faith with Pop Culture

Former President Jimmy Carter will be the keynote speaker at Liberty University Commencement on Saturday, May 19th.

It will be Liberty’s 45th Commencement and will include the College of Osteopathic Medicine’s inaugural graduating class.

The university has previously hosted two other U.S. presidents for Commencement, both while still in office. George H. W. Bush spoke at the May 13, 1990, graduation. President Donald J. Trump... Читать дальше...

PARIS/BRUSSELS, May 3 (Reuters)  European powers still want to hand Donald Trump next week a plan to save the Iran nuclear deal, but they have also started work on protecting EU-Iranian business ties if the U.S. president makes good on a threat to withdraw, six sources told Reuters. Trump, who says the 2015 accord is a "disaster", has all but decided to withdraw by May 12, U.S. officials say, and looks set to reject four months of European efforts to address his concerns. But France, Britain... Читать дальше...